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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE F. COOK, OF LANSINGBURG, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO THE CAPITAL` CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF TROY,

NEW YORK.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,567, dated May 8,1894.

Application filed June 8, 1893. Serial No. 476,904. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. COOK, of the village of Lansingburg,county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Cash-Registers, of which the following is aspeciiication.

My invention relates to cash registers and in some of its features toimprovements upon the mechanism shown and described in an applicationfor Letters Patent made by John I-Iare and myself, which was led in theUnited States Patent Office October 5, 1892, and known as Serial No.447,922, and which is now pending, and also to other features not shownand described in said application, and these improvements have for theirobject the better adaptation of this class of apparatus to the uses forwhich it is designed, and to cheapen the cost of producing them bysimplifying their construction.

Accompanying this specification to form a part of it there are fourplates of drawings containing fourteen figures illustrating myinvention, with the same designation of parts by letter reference usedin all of them.

Of these illustrations Figure 1 is a front view of the apparatus. Fig. 2is a cross section taken from front to rear on the line w', of Fig. 4,with the cash drawer shown as closed. Fig. 3 is another cross sectiontaken from front to rear on the line x2, x2, of Fig. 4, with the cashdrawer shown as opened. Fig. 4, is a view of the back of the apparatuswith the back-plate removed to show the interior. Fig. 5, is aperspective of one of the pushkeys, connected stop-bar, latch-bar, andcrescent-form turn levers having an upcast arm by which the cardindicating the amount of each sale is raised, these connected partsbeing shown as detached from the other mechanism. Fig. 6, shows asdetached from its connections and in perspective one of theleaf-springs, which are made with a slot in their free ends, and each ofwhich when in position are adapted to straddle at their slotted ends oneof the stop-bars, back of a pin projected horizontally through thelatter, and against the force of which spring as applied' to each ofsaid stop-bars the latter, the keys, and connected latch-bars are movedinwardly.

Fig. 7, is a perspective of an ogee-form leafspring shown as detached,and which when in position is attached to, and projected from the rearend of the cash drawer. Fig. 8, is a front view of one of the salesindicating tick-` ets or cards, and the slide-bar by which it connectswith the crescent-form turn lever, shown as detached. Fig. 9, isasection taken on the line w3, w3, of Fig. 4. Fig. 10, is a section takenon the line x4, x4, of Fig. 3. Fig. l1, is a perspective of a part ofthe ball-hopper interior. Fig. 12 is a perspective of the gong and itsstriker, and part of the connection the latter makes with its ringingapparatus. Fig. 13, is a perspective of the gong ringing mechanism,shown as detached. Fig. 14, shows in perspective a portion of that partof the interior in which the ball registering chutes are contained.

The several parts of the apparatus thus illustrated are designated byletter reference and the function of the parts is described as follows:

The letter F designates the front of the cash register, which is madewith a door D, that is hinged to the sides S, at h', on which connectionit is adapted to be swung up to obtain access to the tube-chamber. Thisfront has an upper story or apartmentf, having a door cl2, that ishinged at h2, and on which connection it is adapted to swing up foraccess to the ball hopper interior I-I.

The letter A designates a chamber formed in the top of the apparatus,said chamber having glass in its front and rear walls, and into whichchamber the sales tickets or cards are caused to rise so as to be seenwhen the drawer is opened and a sale made.

The letter D2 designates the cash drawer arranged in the bottom of theinclosure containing the apparatus. This cash drawer at its rear end Aisprovided with a spring S2, which u nder-runs the rounded lower end ofthe tripping lever J, the construction of which will be subsequentlydescribed.

The letter S3 designates an elliptical-form leaf-spring, against therecoil force of which the drawer D2 is forced inwardly to close.

The letter L designates alatch on the rear end of the cash drawer, theoperation of which IOO Serves to hold the drawer when forced inwardlyand to operate the striker of the gong bell when the drawer is opened orclosed, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The letter K designates the keys or pushbars, which at their outer endswhere upcast en an angle are provided with a disk 7a2, facing to thefront, and having thereon the sale amount which each key is designed toregister. These keys each are adapted to be moved inwardly and outwardlyin a slide-way p2, made in the interiorly placed inclined partition p5,and the tube support y. Each of these keys, on its inner end ispivotally connected to the front end of'a blade-form horizontallyarranged stop-bar p7. Each of these stop-bars connects with ahorizontally arranged blade-forln latch-bar p8, by means of a horizontalslot t, made in the stop-bar, and a slide-pin p9, attached to thelatch-bar projected through said slot in the stop-bar, said pin having ahead h3, which overlaps the edges of the slot. As thus constructed wheneach keyis moved inwardly the stop-bar moves rearwardly the full lengthof the slot before the pin p engages with the outer end of the slet tomove the latch-bar, thus affording' an interim in the rearward movementof the key for the balls carried thereby to enter the chutes or tubes,as will be more fully explained hereinafter in connection with theoperation of the latter and the keys. Each of the latch-bars are madewith a latching notch n', and a tripping notch n2, on their lower edges,and each of the stop-bars are made with a tripping notch n3; and whenboth the latchbar and stop-bar are forced inwardly for the former tolatch, the tripping notch n2, of the latch-bar is parallel with thenotch '12.3, of the stop-bar, as shown at Figs. 3 and 5, and when thelatch-bar after being unlatched is moved frontwardly, the notch of thestop-bar will be in front of and in advance of that of the latchbar, asshown at Fig. 2, in part by a dotted line.

The letters ce', and a2, designate bridges, which extend across theinterior of the apparatus from side to side. That one of them designatedat ci', having its inner top edge rounded off to form a latching face ata3, whereen and whereat the latch-bars p5, engage by means of the notchn', formed thereon when forced inwardly. The bridge indicated at a2,being arranged to arrest the inward movement 0f the tripping-bar, and toengage with to operate the turn levers, as will be more fully describedhereinafter.

The lettermdesignatesa leaf spring made with a slotted free end m2, asshown at Fig. 6. This spring at its lower end is connected to thecross-bar C2, and at its upper end is made with an open slot C8, adaptedto receive the lower edge of the blade-form stop-bar back of the pin m3,extending through said bar, so as to project from each side of thelatter, there being one of these springs for each stop-bar. As thusconstructed when either of the keys, connected stop-bar, and latch-barare moved inwardly, they are together so operated against the force ofits spring m.

The letters C designate a sheet-formed crescent shaped turn-lever, ofwhich there is one for each key, stop-bar, and connected latchbar. Eachof these turn-levers C is pivoted at if to one of the latch-bars.

The letter 'y3 designates an arm of which there is one pivoted to eachof the crescentform turn-levers at g4, and at their upper ends, each ofthese arms are pivotally connected at @/5 to a slide-bar if, that isarranged to be vertically reciprocated in a guide-bar y?, made in in thecross-bar C8; and the letters y designate a card arranged on the upperend of each of the arms ya, on both sides of which are shown in figuresthe sales amount expressed on the disk of the key which when movedinwardly operates said arm and connected turn lever.

The letter lijm, designates a spiral spring connected to each of theturn levers against the force of which spring they are operated to turnupwardly to actuate the arm and card connected thereto as beforedescribed. As thus constructed when the keys are pushed inwardly theycause the horn-form end 7L, of the connected crescent-form lever toengage with the bridge a, and this causes the turn levers in eachinstance of their use to move on their pivotal connection and therebyproject upwardly the arms g3, so as to show the card on each of them inthe chamber' A.

The hopper H, is formed in the upper part of the apparatus inclosure,and extends interiorly from side to side, having the inclined partitionp5, for its back, the door (Z2, at its front, with the bottom formed bythe upper surface of the keys K, arranged side by side to rest on thetransverse partition t2, as shown at Fig. ll. The hopper interior I, hasarranged therein the bar t2, which at its ends is secured to the sidesS, and extends from end to end of the hopper.

The letters t'designate pins that are pendent from the under side of thebar ft2, and so as to have their lower ends above, but not` in contactwith the tops of the keys, and the function of these pins is to act uponthe balls contained in the hopper, as the keys are moved to guide theballs into the vertical openings or passages O, made in the keys.

The letters 7.33, designate pins that are upwardly projected from theface of the keys and the :function of these pins is, as the keys aremoved to stir up the balls `resting on the keys, to facilitate theirentering the holes O, made in the latter.

The letters M designate tubes or chutes which are preferably made ofsheet metal, which are arranged to curve downwardly and frontwardly inparallel alignment upon the IOO front face of the support y, whichlatter is arranged within the interior of the apparatus and extends fromside to side, as shown at Figs. 2 and 3 in cross section. Each of thesetubes is provided with a slot t3, through which the balls that havedescended into the chutes or tubes may be seen when the front door D isopened.

The letter N designates stops arranged in sections, and they are maderectangular in cross section as they are shown at Figs. 2 and 3, and inside elevation at Fig. 14, with the stop side n", inserted between thelower ends of the tubes, and, the erossbar tt, and the other face of thesection resting on the top of the latter. These stops detain the ballsin the chutes, and upon their upper surfaces have figures representingthe unital amount which the balls in the tubes opposite which they areplaced, represent, their figures designating value are not shown.

The letter T designates indicating tables of amounts of which there isone for each tube, at its sides, these tables being arranged upon thefront curved face of the support y, and which figures where read fromthe uppermost ball of the series in each tube indicate the amount thatthe balls inl each tube represents, which in each instance in unitalcharacter are multiples of the amount expressed on the key'with whichthe tube connects. These tubes M at their upper ends c2 are eachimmediately beneath that one of the keys opt erating to register at eachmovement a unit of the same value, and their operation in connectionwith the chutes is as follows: When the k`eys are in the position shownat Fig. 2, one of the balls h6, will enter the passage-way O in each ofthem, to be retained there by the upper surface of the transversepartition t2. Vhen either of the keys are moved inwardly and thevertical passage O, in each of them is over the upper end c2, of each cfthe chutes or tubes N, the balls held by the keys in the passages O, ineach instance, will drop into the upper end of the chute o'r tubebcneath the key with which it registers, to descend therein, with thefirst ball so entering resting on the stop N, at the bottom of thechute, and each succeeding ball so entering the same chute to restagainst the ball which preceded it, with the number of the balls in eachtube or chute indicated by the adjacent table of figures where oppositethe uppermost one. The pivotal connection between theV key and thestop-bar permits the latter and latch-bar to rise when latching withoutcompelling the key-bar to rise on its inner end as it must do when thekey and latch-bar are moved as one piece. When A'the account of theballs is taken, the stops N are removed, and the balls fall into thedrawer to be returned to the hopper and the stops are replaced. When thekeys are being pressed inwardly to insure sufficient time for the ballsto pass into the chutes the stop-bar as moved inwardly by the keys doesnot act on the latch-bar and crescent-form turn-lever until the end ofthe slot made in the stop-bar and this engagement allows of enoughdetention to insure the positive descent of the balls into the chutes ortubes.

The letters J designate a tripping lever which extends across the-backof the mechanism within the iuclosure from end to end; This trippinglever has a rounded lower end y2, and it is hung on stationary journalsjg, at each side of the apparatus, as shown at Fig. 4. These journalshave a slotted bearing S7 formed in the lower rounded end of thetripping lever on which the latter can be operated to rise or fall, andalso to turn. The upper end of this tripping lever is made with atripping bar j5, extending throughout its length from end to end ot' theapparatus, and which is adapted, when said lever J is raised to engagewith the tripping notch n2, on the latch-bar, and the notch n3, on thestop-bar, when latehed on to the bridge a', to raise them from oft thelatter to be drawn frontwardly by the action of the spring m. As thusmade when any one or more of the latch-bars are latched on to the bridgea', and the cash-drawer D2, is forced inwardly its spring S2, willunder-run the rounded lower endj2, of the tripping lever` J, and thusraise its tripping-barj, to trip all the latchbars that are latched outo the bridge a', and to bring them each under the action of one of thesprings m by which they are moved frontwardly to be operated upon asbefore. The tripping lever J, is provided with a cord jG, which isconnected thereto, and therefrom passes over a pulley j?, pendent fromthe bridge a2, and where extending downwardly from the pulley this cordattaches to a pivoted lever g2, connected to a framefs, onto which leverthe cash-drawer under-runs to latch when pushed rearwardly, and by whichcord and its connections as the tripping lever is moved outwardly at itsupper end by the keys, connected latch, and stop bars, this cord isactuated by the tripping lever to raise the lever g2, on its pivotalconnection to thus unlatch the cash-drawer, and operate the gongstriking mechanism.- This latch L, on the cashdrawer under-runs thepivoted lever g2 to latch thereon and to hold the drawer closed againstthe recoil action of the spring S3, and when the cord is operated toraise the lever g2, the drawer is forcedto open by the spring S3.

`The letter G, designates the gong or bell which is provided with astriker g3, which is pivoted to the gong support g4, at g5.

The letter Q6, designates a lever or bar which is centrally pivoted tothe lever g2, at Q7, and adapted to engage with a pin g8, laterallyprojected from the lever g2, at one ot its ends, and at its other end itis constructed with a striker tripping pin gf), and is provided with IlOa spring connecting with said lever g, and the lloor of the apparatusinclosure. As thus made when the lever g2, is underrun by the latch ofthe cash-drawer, so as to be raised it operates the lever g, to actuatethe striker and ring the gong; and when the cash-drawer is released bythe action of the tripping lcver as before described, and the lever g2,when raised also actuates the lever g, to operate the gong striker, sothat the gong rings when the drawer is opened or closed.

The letter R designates a lock-bar which is arranged to turn in journalson the lower face of the sides S, and extend along' over the latch-bars,and stop-bars, as shown at Fig. 4. Centrally this lock-bar isconstructed with a lock-block V, arranged on an eccentric o2, that iskeyed to the lock-bar.

The letter o3 designates a leg that is pendent from the block V, whichleg at its lower end pivotally connects with the link o4, the latter atits lower end being at o5, pivotally connected to the side of the bridgea', below its latching top edge.

The letter v6 designates a detaining pin which is arranged to enter thejournal box '07, of the lock-bar to bear upon the latter, in a recess r4and to keep it from swinging down as acted upon by the weight of thelock-block. This detaining pin outside of where engaging with thelock-bar is provided with a nut Us, and a spiral spring o, encirclingthe pin between the said nut and the journal bean ing. This lock-bar onone of its ends where projecting through the side S, has a slit endindicated by the dotted line d4, of Fig. 4, for the use of a key bywhich the lock-bar may be turned to lock or unlock. lVhen the rod isturned so that the block V, is by the eccentric moved downwardly intothe position indicated by the dotted line Z6, of Fig. 2, it engages withthe tripping-bar Z5, to prevent its movement; so that with thelock-block down upon the latter the keys cannot be operated to open thecash drawer, when unlocked the lock-block is moved away from itsengagement with the tripping bar. The guide-ways if, made in thecross-bar C8, which latter extends across to connect with the sides ofthe interior wherein the apparatus is placed, are made to break jointsrelatively to each other as to position, and so as to allow the salesindicating cards when raised to be seen upon their front and rear faces.At Fig. l0 this cross-baris shownin partin transverse section and also apart of one of the sides S, with which the cross-bar C8, connects.

The apparatus thus constructed is operated as follows: 'lhe cash drawerbeing closed, and a sale made, the key having on its front end theamount of the purchase, is moved inwardly. This opens the cash drawer,as before described,and the keyso moved deposits in the tubecorresponding in amount to the sale Vallio expressed on its disk face, asingle ball; where it takes more than one key to express tho odd centsconstituting a sale, for illustration, one dollar and sixty cents, theone dollar key is pushed in, which opens the cash drawer and depositsone ball in the one dollar tube, with the drawer remaining open thesixty cent key is then moved inwardly and this causes a ball to descendin the sixty cent tube, and the eight cents key is moved in and itdeposits a ball in the tube where each of them represents eight cents,when the drawer is closed, and the cards elevated by the key in thechamber A, will express the amount one dollar, sixty-eight cents, andremain there until another key is operated for a different amount.

In the apparatus shown in the pending application, Serial No. 447,922,the keys are made in one piece, which construction I disclaim in thisapplication, and I disclaim the use of glass tubes for the reception ofthe sales registering balls, and substitute there for metallic tubesmade with an open slot through which latter the balls may be seen, andwhich do not become clouded and dirty from the passage ot' the ballsthrough the chute, as when glass is used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. In a sales registering mechanism, the combination with a key-barprovided with slideways in which to move horizontally, of a stopbarpivotally connected to said key-bar, and made with a horizontal slottherein, and having a connected spring against the force of -which saidstop-bar is moved inwardly; a

latch-bar having a latching inner end, and connected with said stop-barby a slide-pin arranged in the slot of the latter; a bridge on whichsaid latch-bar may latch, and a tripping lever operated by the cashdrawer to trip said latch-bar, substantiallyin the manner as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. In a cash registering mechanism, the cornbination with a keybarhaving slide-ways in which to move horizontally, of a stop-bar pivotallyconnected to said key-bar, and provided with a horizontal slot, andhaving a spring against the force of which it is moved inwardly;y alatch-bar having a latchng inner end, and connected to said stop-bar bymeans of a slide-pin arranged in the slot of the latter; a bridge onwhich said latch-bar can latch when moved inwardly; a turn-lever pivotedto said latch-bar and provided with au up-cast arm which is pivotedthereto; a vertically arranged slide-bar pivotally connected to said armand arranged in a vertical slideway and provided with a sales indicatingcard 5 and a bridge with which said turn-lever will engage when movedinwardly by the latch-bar, substantially in the manner as and for thepurposes set forth.

3. In a cash registering mechanism, the combination of a series ofkey-bars, each provided IIO with slide-ways in which to movehorizontally; of a stop-bar pivotally connected to each of said key-barsand each made with a horizontal slot and provided with a spring againstthe force of which they are moved inwardly; a latch-bar provided with alatohing inner end, and connected to each of the stopbars by means of aslide-pin arranged in the slot of the latter; a bridge into which saidlatch-bars maylatch, and a tripping-lever operated by the cash drawer totrip said latchloars, substantially in the manner as and for thepurposes set forth.

4. In a cash registering mechanism, the co mbination with the hopper H,made with the cross-bar z2, having pendent pins t3, arranged thereon, ofthe keys K, arranged in the hopper side by side to rest on the hopperbottom t, and each of said keys made with the vertical passage O,substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a cash registering mechanism, the combination with the hopper H,made with the cross-bar ft2, having the pendent pins t3, arrangedthereon; and the keys K arranged side by side on the hopper bottom t,each made with the ball passage O; and a pin 7c3, upwardly projectedfrom each of said keys, substantially in the manner as and for thepurposes set forth.

6. In a cash registering mechanism, the combination with the cash drawerD2, made with the latch L, and spring S3, of the lever g2, pivoted atone of its ends to the frame f3, and having the pin g5, at its otherend; the lever g, pivoted to said lever g2, and providediwith astrikertripping pin 99; the gong Geprovided with-the striker g3,- the trippinglever J, provided with the cord jl, passing over the pulley j, andconnecting with the pivoted lever gt, constructed and arranged to beoperated, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

7. I n a cash registering apparatus, the combination with a series ofsale-amount-indicating-keys, each connecting pivotally with a stop-bar,that attaches to a latch-bar by means of a slot in the stop-bar, and aslide-pin in the latch-bar, and each stop-bar having a spring againstthe force of which it is moved inwardly to latch, substantially asdescribed; of a bridge on which the latch-bars are adapted to catch; anda tripping lever having a tripping bar at its top, which when raisedtrips the latched bars; and acash drawer provided with an ogee-formspring adapted when the drawer is moved inwardly to under-run saidtripping lever, and raise the latter to trip the latch bars,substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

S. In a cash registering mechanism, the combination with a series ofkeys, each pivotally connected with a horizontal stop-bar made With aslot, and each of the latter connecting with a latch-bar by means of aslide-pin arranged in said slot, substantially as described;

of a bridge ony which said latch-bars-are adapted to catch; a trippinglever having a rounded lower edge and mounted on slotted bearings onwhich to rise and oscillate; and a cash drawer made with an ogee-t'ormspring adapted to under-run the rounded end ofthe tripping lever toraise the same, substantially in the manner as and for the purposes setforth.

The combination with the keys K, each made with a slide-Way in which tobe moved.

horizontally, and each connected pivotally with a stop-bar, the latterhaving a horizontal slot for attachment to a latch-bar by means of aslide-pin on the latter; and a bridge on which the latch-bars may catch,substantially as described; ot' the turn-levers C, of which there is onefor each latch-bar that is pivoted to the latter; the arm ys, at itslower end pivoted to each of said turn-levers; a slide-bar y", pivotallyconnected with the upper end of each of the said arms, and having a cardtl/9, on its upper end, and arranged to move in the guide-bar y7; and aspiral spring yu, connected to each of said turn-levers, against theforce of which they are operated to turn upwardly, substantially in themanner as and for the purposes set forth.

lO. In a cash registering mechanism, the combination with a lever whichis at one of its ends pivoted to a support, and at its other end isprovided with a laterally projected stop-pin and a centrally pivoted barhaving a tripping pin, and provided with a spring, and adapted tooperate a gong striker when the free end of said lever is raised; a cashdrawer having a latch on its inner end adapted to under-run, to latch-onto said lever, and raise it when so latching; and a tripping-leveroperated by said cash drawer to raise said pivoted lever on its free endwhen being closed, substantially in the manner as shown and described.

1l. In a cash registering mechanism, the combination with a series ofkeys each connecting with a stop-bar, a latcli-bar, and provided with abridge on which the latter are adapted to latch, substantially asdescribed; of a iock-bar which at its ends is journaled in theside-walls forming part of the apparatus inclosure; an eccentricarranged on, so as to turn with said lock-bar; a lock-block arranged toturn on said eccentric and having a depending leg which at its lower endconnects with a link, and the latter with the bridge, whereby saidlock-block may be moved down on its eccentric to prevent the tripping ofthe latch-bars, substantially as shown and described.

12. In a cash registering mechanism, the combination with the keys K,each connected with a lock-bar and latch-bar, with the latter adapted tobe moved horizontally to latch on to a bridge; of the lock-bar R, madeto journal in the sides of the apparatus inclosure, and provided with adetaining spring-pin fu,

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Signed at Troy, New York, this 1st day of June, 1893, and in thepresence of the two Witnesses Whose names are hereto Written.

GEU. F. COOK.

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CHARLES S. BRINTNALL, W. E. HAGAN.

